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January 2, 2021
Eleven Seattle-area community members pay tribute to a few of the cultural figures we lost last year. UW piano professor Robin McCabe remembers UW emeritus piano professor Bela Siki. seattletimes.com
December 30, 2020
Twenty moments from a year like no other — captured through the lenses of UW photographers. washington.edu
December 26, 2020
“You Already Know” by Ted Poor, assistant professor of music at the UW, is No. 19 in the list of best albums by Seattle artists in 2020. seattletimes.com
December 22, 2020
A new study of 1,000 middle school students from the University of Kansas and the University of Washington School of Music found that learning music also boosted learning in math and reading. muckrack.com
December 21, 2020
Twenty moments from a year like no other — captured through the lenses of UW photographers. washington.edu
December 20, 2020
Frances McCue is a poet, writer, co-founder of nonprofit community writing center Hugo House and a teaching professor of English at the University of Washington. She reads a piece in a special installment of the GeekWire Podcast. geekwire.com
December 19, 2020
Dozens of Seattle theater leaders have been meeting for months, aiming to overhaul everything — boards, audiences, casting and more — to create an anti-racist future. It's groundbreaking work that might set a standard that can be exported to other arts disciplines and sectors. Director Valerie Curtis-Newton, head of directing... seattletimes.com
December 19, 2020
In late May, just a few days after the killing of George Floyd, a group of Seattle theater leaders met on Zoom to talk about what they should do. They were beginning a process to overhaul the entire ecology of their field, at every level — casting, staffing, fundraising, boards,... seattletimes.com
December 15, 2020
If you've done a double-take over what appears to be a work of art on the side of a King County Metro bus recently, you didn't imagine it. Last week, the Henry Art Gallery in the University District launched their latest show, Set in Motion . This "city-wide" public art... thestranger.com
December 14, 2020
Here's a quick look at some giftworthy books and music created by UW faculty and staff in 2020, and a reminder of some recent favorites. washington.edu
December 14, 2020
See public a public art exhibition on the side of city buses, watch a talk about "Public Opnion and Polls in the 2020 Presidental Election, revisit Marc Seales Group's performance at Town Hall, and more! washington.edu
December 14, 2020
With one of the biggest gift-giving seasons upon us, here’s a quick look at some gift-worthy books and music created by University of Washington faculty and staff, and a reminder of some recent favorites. washington.edu
December 10, 2020
At its final colloquium, the Henry Art Gallery invites academics from the UW and other institutions "to think beyond species." dailyuw.com
December 10, 2020
The classical-music world was counting on Beethoven’s 250th birthday this year as a major selling point. But coronavirus started wreaking its havoc, and countless Beethoven-related events had to be scuttled — or adapted on the fly to constraints no one could have predicted. The UW's Jeffrey Fracé, associate professor of... seattletimes.com
December 9, 2020
Nancy Jooyoun Kim (MFA, Creative Writing, 2006) talks about her novel, The Last Story of Mina Lee . Read More